Amol Joge

About Amol Joge

I am a Security Operations Leader with over 20 years of experience protecting enterprise cloud-native environments by bridging the gap between Proactive Architecture and Reactive Defense. I specialize in building resilient security programs where high-fidelity threat detection, automated incident response, and rigorous application security work in unison to reduce an organization\'s blast radius.What I Bring to Security Operations:Threat Detection & Response: I lead teams in engineering detection logic mapped to the MITRE ATT & CK framework. I am an advocate for SOAR automation (XSOAR/Splunk) to reduce MTTD/MTTR and improve analyst consistency.Incident Management: I have served as the primary Incident Commander for high-priority security events, coordinating cross-functional response efforts across Engineering, Legal, and Privacy to ensure rapid containment and data-driven post-mortems.Vulnerability & AppSec: I treat vulnerability management as a data science problem, prioritizing the 20% of risks that represent 80% of the threat. I leverage my 10+ years of software engineering roots to lead Secure SDLC initiatives and bug bounty programs (HackerOne) that \"Shift Left\" and harden code before it reaches production.AI-Driven Defense: As a Certified AI Security Specialist (CAISS), I am focused on the next frontier of SecOps: using AI to enhance detection telemetry while defending AI/ML pipelines against adversarial attacks.My mission is to build \"Paved Roads\" for developers and \"Iron Shields\" for operations, ensuring that security is a measurable business enabler that moves at the speed of modern innovation.HOW I LEAD: I build resilient teams who thrive under pressure. I mentor, I challenge, and I create space for engineers to grow - because I believe the strongest security programs are powered by people, not just policies.Let’s connect if you’re passionate about building secure systems, redefining what modern security leadership looks like, or exploring how we can shape the future of secure innovation together.

Experience

1. Security Program Manager, Vulnerability Management, Threat Detection and Response

   Degreed

   Feb 2024 — Present · US

   Below is the impact I delivered:Threat Detection: Led the implementation of SIEM/SOAR detection engineering, transitioning the SOC from broad, noisy alerting to high-fidelity, context-aware TTP monitoring.Incident Commander: Acted as the lead for security incident response, directing investigation, containment, and forensic efforts for cloud-native infrastructure incidents.Vulnerability Governance: Architected a unified Vulnerability Management program integrating SAST/DAST, infrastructure scanning, and Bug Bounty findings into a single risk-prioritized dashboard.Process Automation: Developed automated response playbooks that reduced manual triage time for common credential and access alerts by 35%.

Education

• University at Albany

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Cybersecurity, Cyber Security

  2017 — 2021

• Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vishnupuri, Nanded

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics and Communication

  2000 — 2004